DA49
We are to bear one another’s burdens.
Category: Neighbours & Brothers
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Not unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- Galatians 6:2
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Colossians 3:12-13
- Ephesians 4:2
- Ephesians 4:32
- Galatians 6:1
- Galatians 6:10
- Hebrews 13:2
- James 5:16
- John 13:34
- John 15:12
- Matthew 11:29-30
- 1 Peter 1:22
- 1 Peter 4:10
- Philippians 2:4
- Romans 12:15
- Romans 15:1
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14
Supportive OT Scriptures
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Exodus 2:11
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Numbers 11:17
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Psalms 55:23
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Psalms 68:20
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
One might ask how this Mitzvah “bear one another’s burdens” squares with Galatians 6:5: “.. for each person will carry his own load. ” The answer is that the words translated “ burdens ” in Galatians 6:2 and “ load ” in Galatians 6:5 are different Greek words. The Greek word “ bare ” in Galatians 6:2 is something extremely heavy and burdensome, whereas the word “ phortion ” in Galatians 6:5 is a soldier’s pack of the kind that one person should be able to carry easily. Conceivably, the burdens referred to in this Mitzvah could apply to things physically heavy, but that is not its main intent. Its intent is for us to assist our fellow man as he encounters the various burdens of life. The New Testament Scriptures listed above illustrate this by exhorting us to be kind to one another, pray for one another, correct one another, serve each other’s needs, etc. Yeshua illustrated this in Luke 11:46 where he chastised the experts in law: " Woe to you Torah experts too! You load people down with burdens they can hardly bear, and you won't lift a finger to help them! ” In our attempting to comply with this Mitzvah , we must remember that we cannot do it alone and must rely on God. Matthew 11:29-30 puts it this way: “ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. "
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